Welcome, dear listeners, to scary stories told in the dark.

I'm Malcolm Blackwood, your host and storyteller.

And you know where I'm from, we don't do bedtime stories.

So, if that's what you're expecting, you're in the wrong place. If it's

terrifying tales you're after, well, then I've got just the thing. So, get comfortable,

settle in, turn off the lights, if you dare. Your night is about to get a whole lot darker.

Besides, who needs sleep anyway?

Good evening, listeners, and welcome back to scary stories told in the dark.

I'm your host Malcolm Blackwood.

Season 19 is already leading us deeper into the dark, and tonight, the path ahead is lonelier than most,

because some nightmares don't begin with a scream in the shadows.

Sometimes they begin with an empty road, a distant skyline, and the creeping sense that something has been following you for far longer than you realize.

Dim the lights, settle in, and steal yourself for yet another tale of terror.

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